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Cycling: A Long History of Success

Since 1987, the year of the first Collegiate National Championships, the University of Colorado Boulder has produced over 60 individual National Champions and taken home 12 Team Event National titles (Road Team Time Trial and Track Team Pursuit). Additionally, we have won the Overall Team Omnium at 12 National Championships. Many University of Colorado Boulder racers have gone on to the professional ranks after graduation and achieved success at the highest level of the sport.

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Sepp Kuss's Deput at the 2020 Tour De France!

ForeverBuff Sepp Kuss has forged a stellar reputation for himself in WorldTour racing! Just a few years into his professional road career, he's already racing in the Tour De France with a powerhouse of a team. The best part about watching Sepp race is that he does in style, with incredible poise, and he looks like he's having just as good of a time as he did racing collegiate. Make sure to watch at least the highlights of each stage, as Jumbo-Vismo is currently the GC leader. Go Sepp! 

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CU Cycling Alum Wiley Kaupus creating COVID content with Rooted MTB

Wiley Kaupus, along with CU Alumni Austin Hackett-Klaube, have a DH mountain bike crew sponsored by Specialized called Rooted. They're making A+ content during COVID, so check out their recent videos to get you hyped for the upcoming season!

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2019 Nationals Recap - Big Bear

The team basically scored a home run in this year's mountain bike nationals at Big Bear, California. Over three days of racing, the team took home seven national titles, including the coveted relay title and the team overall national titles. How about that? Here are the nitty-gritty stats:

  • Cross country + short track
    • Harper Powell won both the women's cross country and the women's short track 
    • Molly Madden finished 18th and 9th, respectively, in the cross country and short track
    • Xander and Reade placed 2nd and 5th, respectively, in the men's cross country
    • Lucca Trapani raced his way to 10th, and Spencer White finished 36th in men's cross country
    • In the men's short track, Xander, Reade, Lucca and Spencer finished 1st, 7th, 19th, and 31st, respectively.
  • Downhill + Dual Slalom
    • John Vander Dussen and Clare Hamilton smashed their way to thrilling dual slalom victories
    • Avra Saslow, Dylan Crane and Camille Lamarque crushed the dual slalom and finished 3rd, 4th, and 7th, respectively 
    • Dylan Crane and Clare Hamilton also both took the top of the podium for their downhill races
    • Avra Saslow, John Vander Dussen and Camille Lamarque placed 3rd, 5th, and 11th in downhill as well

Sko Buffs!

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Clare Hamilton 2nd at 2019 Crankworx Dual Slalom

If there's anybody who knows how to corner a bike, it's CU Cycling Buff Clare Hamilton. Don't believe me? Just watch her race against the most decorated woman mountain biker ever - Jill Kitner - at the 2019 Crankworx World Tour in Whistler. 

 

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ForeverBuff Sepp Kuss joins WorldTour with LottoJumbo in 2018

Brunner wins Nationals Road Race

Eric Brunner and Grant Ellwood go 1-2 in 2018 Nationals Road Race

Capping off another successful road season, Noah and Maxx powered the breakaway in the criterium with Maxx leading out Noah for the win.

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Team History

1987-88

At the first National Collegiate ROAD Championships, held in San Luis Obispo, CA, the team wins its first national titles with John Stenner winning the Men's Road Race and the team winning both the Men's and Women's Team Time Trial.

The team would go on to win the National Collegiate Road Championships in 1989, 1990, and 1991.

1991-92

The team wins the National Collegiate TRACK Championships Overall Team Title with Tim Peddie and Sunne Pollart winning the Men's and Women's Omnium, respectively. Sunne also won the Women's Pursuit and Time won the Points Race.

1998-99

The team wins the Division I overall team title at the National Collegiate ROAD Championships, the first year collegiate cycling is split into divisions. Matt Carlson won the individual omnium, Alex Candelario the Road Race, and the Men won the Team Time Trial.

The team also won the National Collegiate MTB Championships Team Overall, Women's Omnium (Stacey McIlwaine), Men's XC (Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski), Women's XC (Katherine Zambrana), Men's DS (Brant Hendler), and Women's DS (Jennifer Johnson).

Alex Candelario also won the Men's title at the National Collegiate CYCLOCROSS Championships.

2014

The team ends an 8-year drought and breaks the stranglehold that Varsity Teams have on national championships by winning the National Collegiate MTB Championships held in Beech Mountain, NC.

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